by Ismaíl Kadaré · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420669212
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In 'Broken April,' Ismail Kadaré immerses us in the Kanun, an ancestral blood law that governs the lives of the Albanian mountain people. The story follows Gjorg Berisha, who, in compliance with the Kanun, becomes both the executor and debtor of a centuries-old revenge. Simultaneously, Kadaré introduces Besian Vorpsi, a writer who travels to these lands with the intention of observing this reality, without anticipating that he will become trapped in it. This edition, revised by Ramón Sánchez Lizarralde, offers a definitive vision of the work, free from the restrictions that the author faced before his exile in France in 1990.
Ismail Kadare was an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. He was a leading international literary figure and intellectual, focusing on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him famous internationally.
